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Roscoe Club

#11,081
Right! They both have the high gloss Koa top, with the 5'er having a Swamp Ash body. The BEM fretboard actually looks a lot better, not as dirty looking, than what the picture shows with the sun hitting it. It was a more practical trade deal for me. I miss the Atlanta Bass Gallery store!!!! It was so convenient for me to check out boutique basses and look at some of Tom's personal basses.
 
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#11,082
Pacman said:
The slanted pickups were Jimmy Haslip's idea. The slant keeps his B string tighter in sound and G string warmer. When Keith made right hand models he kept the slant the same direction, effectively reversing their effects. I ordered a bass with the reverse slant after having a long conversation with Jimmy about why he had them slanted the way he did, and was not disappointed.
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I had noticed the position of Jimmy's pickups this morning when I posted a picture of him in another thread (Elrick vs Fodera, for those interested). The fact that his LG has a 'reverse slant' is, I suppose, a happy consequence of his reverse stringing method. However, this orientation is exactly to my taste, bringing the bass string side of the pickup a little closer to the bridge for a marginally tighter sound and moving the treble side away for a slightly softer tone. This slanting of the pickup is a really noticeable feature of the Warwick Thumb bass, and on very early Thumb basses the angle of the pickups was even more extreme than it typically is now, although by the 90's the pickups were closer to parallel to the bridge but the treble end was consequently closer to the bridge, which results in an even brighter and more aggressive sound. There are plenty of other basses which feature this layout too, and I like it!
 
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#11,083
Bassworship1 said:
I've tried to like 6 string basses but I just don't see the use for them as a High C for me wouldn't be used at all.
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I actually used mine back when I was in a group that played "contemporary" jazz and I was listening to a lot of Yellowjackets/Jimmy Haslip. The C string is useful in that situation, but I found that for all the rest of my stuff, I couldn't seem to use/ignore the C string like I wanted/needed to so I went to a 5 and called it good. I have been happy with my decision. I am unhappy that I live in a place where great music like that is not appreciated or supported and I have to play the same stuff that every other cover band does. At least we don't do Mustang Sally...yet. I've played Don't Stop Believin' enough to last the rest of my life.
 
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Fresh pic from Keith...ready to glue up to Ash body.
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Bassworship1 said:
I've wanted to have a Blue Quilt bass done for years (Kentucky Basketball country lol) and finally done. I was going the cheap route with a lesser top from Keith's pre Old Stock bodies he had laying around and then he devilishly sent me a few pics of his Best Quilt...Spending an extra $1500 never hurt anyone lol.
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I think that will be awesome in blue quilt.

Mark
 
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Bassworship1 said:
I've wanted to have a Blue Quilt bass done for years (Kentucky Basketball country lol) and finally done. I was going the cheap route with a lesser top from Keith's pre Old Stock bodies he had laying around and then he devilishly sent me a few pics of his Best Quilt...Spending an extra $1500 never hurt anyone lol.
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Totally understand.
Go Wildcats! :hyper:
 
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